USDA Denies Report Suggesting It Approved Chinese Poultry Exports To U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is denying a press report suggesting it gave the green light to a Cargill plant located in China to export Chinese-slaughtered poultry to the United States, but its assurances to the contrary have failed to satisfy a U.S. food safety advocacy group. Washington-based Food & Water Watch pressed USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in an Aug. 27 letter for further clarification about whether the department had worked out an arrangement with either Cargill or Chinese...